diff --git a/arkindex/documents/managers.py b/arkindex/documents/managers.py
index de754299ac8b47ec1de2592d92ea1e92dbfc5891..5bb515bc8259e7e0c6f86e9d63ab1d1d698ec8b4 100644
--- a/arkindex/documents/managers.py
+++ b/arkindex/documents/managers.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import uuid
 from itertools import chain
 
 import django
@@ -127,38 +126,6 @@ class ElementManager(models.Manager):
         """
         return self.filter(paths__path__contains=[parent_id], **filters).order_by('paths__ordering').distinct()
 
-    def get_descendings(self, parents_ids, prefetch=(), **filters):
-        """
-        Get all child elements for some element IDs.
-        """
-        assert all(isinstance(x, uuid.UUID) for x in parents_ids), 'UUIDs are required'
-
-        # Loads paths and group them by element ids
-        # The map to str is needed to avoid a cast error in PG
-        from arkindex.documents.models import ElementPath
-        paths = ElementPath.objects.filter(path__overlap=map(str, parents_ids)).order_by('element_id', 'ordering')
-        tree = {
-            parent_id: [
-                p.element_id
-                for p in paths
-                if parent_id in p.path
-            ]
-            for parent_id in parents_ids
-        }
-
-        # Load children elements in bulk
-        children = self.filter(id__in=[p.element_id for p in paths], **filters)
-        if prefetch:
-            children = children.prefetch_related(*prefetch)
-        return {
-            parent_id: [
-                child
-                for child in children
-                if child.id in tree.get(parent_id)
-            ]
-            for parent_id in parents_ids
-        }
-
     def get_neighbor_paths(self, element, n=1):
         """
         Get n neighbor paths: current, previous and next element paths
diff --git a/arkindex/documents/tests/test_element_manager.py b/arkindex/documents/tests/test_element_manager.py
index 4c2908c6a7cf20a7cd8008a49c683551dab49969..3c27ed533a5fd409278131864dae060bd8b9af48 100644
--- a/arkindex/documents/tests/test_element_manager.py
+++ b/arkindex/documents/tests/test_element_manager.py
@@ -38,13 +38,6 @@ class TestElementManager(FixtureTestCase):
         ids = Element.objects.get_descending(self.p2.id)
         self.assertCountEqual(ids, [])
 
-    def test_get_descendings(self):
-        # Use all pages, expect Act and nothing else
-        ids = Element.objects.get_descendings([self.p1.id, self.p2.id, self.p3.id])
-        self.assertCountEqual(ids[self.p1.id], [self.act])
-        self.assertCountEqual(ids[self.p2.id], [])
-        self.assertCountEqual(ids[self.p3.id], [])
-
     def test_get_neighbors(self):
         with self.assertNumQueries(4):
             self.assertEqual(len(Element.objects.get_neighbors(self.p1, 0)), 1)